Woodmont Middle, Piedmont SC - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Woodmont Middle

Woodmont Middle School serves about that many students in grades six through eight in the Greenville County portion of Piedmont, a small community that straddles the line between Greenville and Anderson counties. The school sits on North Flat Rock Road, well outside Piedmont’s compact Main Street area, on a campus separated from the downtown core. Piedmont itself is a former textile mill town that has grown steadily in recent decades, now a largely residential CDP with a quiet, car-dependent feel, located roughly a short drive south of Greenville near Interstate 85. The area is seeing modest suburban-style growth, and a local area plan references efforts to revitalize downtown Main Street.

Academically, the picture is mixed. On state assessments, reading proficiency is the stronger area across the board. In sixth and seventh grades, about half of students scored at the proficient level, and by eighth grade that share rose to a clear majority. That upward trajectory through the grade levels is a bright spot. Math performance is softer. Roughly a third of sixth graders and eighth graders were proficient, while seventh grade showed a lower share. Combined across grades, math proficiency overall was well below the reading results. Science results, available only for sixth grade, fell between the two. A single social studies result from an earlier year, on a different assessment, is too old and from a different testing framework to compare meaningfully.

The school serves a student body that is roughly evenly split between white and Black students, with a smaller but notable share of Hispanic students and smaller groups of other races and ethnicities. Every student at the school qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, a marker that the school draws entirely from lower-income households. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not reported.

No information on programs, course offerings, staffing, or discipline was available in the data provided. The district brief turned up little about recent changes in Greenville County Schools that would directly affect this school. A parent looking for details on electives, advanced coursework, or support services would need to reach out to the school directly.

The surrounding housing market reflects the broader Greenville area. Home values in Piedmont’s ZIP code are roughly in line with the statewide benchmark, while rents are moderate relative to local incomes, making the area more affordable than the national average. That combination of steady suburban expansion and relatively accessible housing has drawn families to the region.

For a family considering Woodmont Middle, the school offers a reading program that strengthens by eighth grade, set in a growing community with reasonable housing costs. The math results, particularly in seventh grade, are an area a parent may want to discuss with the school to understand what support is available. With universal free lunch eligibility, the school likely qualifies for significant federal Title I funding, which often provides extra resources for instruction and intervention, though specific use of those funds was not detailed here. The student body is diverse, and the school’s location in the rapidly growing Greenville County school system means it sits within a district known for broad offerings at the high school level, though those are not accessible from a middle school alone.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 633%

School 33% · District 47% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

Grade 725%

School 25% · District 41% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

Grade 834%

School 34% · District 41% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 649%

School 49% · District 61% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Grade 747%

School 47% · District 63% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

Grade 861%

School 61% · District 61%

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Science

Grade 645%

School 45% · District 55% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 765%

School 65% · District 72% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

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Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 6Lower-income44%Higher-income63%19 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income41%Higher-income57%16 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income55%Higher-income70%15 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income28%Higher-income47%19 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income24%Higher-income28%4 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income30%Higher-income39%8 pp gap